The senior scholar at Oxford University visits the Faculty of Arts at Kufa University

The senior researcher at Oxford University Professor Toby Mitchson visited College of Arts at the University of Kufa accompanied by a representative of Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation and met Dr. Alaa Al-Rahimi, Dean of the College and heads of departments where the two sides discussed the enhancement of academic cooperation between the two universities. The researcher also talked about the reason behind his arrival to Iraq and the book he intends to write about the Islamic sects in general and the Shiit in particular, and for his part, the Dean explained some of the things related to professor’s research and the history of the College and the activities undertaken by it. At the end of the meeting the professor thanked Dean for the hospitality and valuable information that he got.

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His Eminence Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Riyadh Al-Hakeem, General supervisor of Al-Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation

His Eminence Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Riyadh Al-Hakeem was born in Holy Najaf in 1958. He studied at the scientific Hawzah in Holy Najaf and continued at the scientific level to advanced stages. He hold a master’s degree from Lahore University and the International Mustafa University, and later acquired the title of Ayatollah. He is a professor in graduate studies on Jurisprudence and Quran interpretation, and supervises master’s and doctoral dissertations. In addition, he is a member of the committee in charge of reviewing the curriculums at the scientific Hawzah. He wrote many books on jurisprudence and its principles, Quranic sciences, and other fields. He was under arrest during Saddam's regime, and remained in jail for more than eight years. He wrote his memoirs about his period of detention. He is now a representative of the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Muhammad Said Al-Hakeem outside Iraq, and manages several offices of the Marjiyyah in several Asian and African countries. He is the founder and supervisor of Hikmeh foundation which has social and cultural activities in several Asian and African countries, as well as the founder and supervisor of Al-Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation. He has participated in many social and cultural conferences and symposiums in many European and Asian countries.
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His Eminence Sayyed Salih Al-Hakeem was born in 1959 in Baghdad and is the son the martyr Al-Sayyed Mahdi Baqer Al-Hakeem. He joined the scientific Hawzah in Holy Najaf in 1976 but was forced to emigrate to Iran in 1980 due to the threats of the Saddam Hussein’s regime. The same year, all his family members, including his father, mother, three brothers, and only sister were arrested by the Iraqi security forces, and got their money confiscated. He did not receive any news about what happened to his relatives until the fall of the regime in 2003, when he found out that they have been executed by the dictatorial forces. In 1990, he joined The Hawzah of Qom and completed his religious studies. Thereafter, the Marjiyyah gave him the responsibility of sponsoring the religious affairs of Shiite Muslims in the Scandinavian countries, but he continued ,at the same time, his tabligh and study in Qom until the fall of the dictatorial regime. He returned then to his homeland to contribute in building tabligh framework at the office of the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Mohammad Saied Al-Hakeem in Qom. In 2007, he established Al-Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation under the guidance of His Eminence Al Marja and the supervision of His Eminence Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Riyadh Al-Hakeem the eldest son of the Marja. He organizes, but also participates in many conferences, and receives delegations of researchers and investigators visiting Holy Najaf. Finally, he also engages in many cultural projects that contribute to the consolidation of the concept of human coexistence and the exchange of cultures.
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